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She's Got Medals Lyrics

Artist: David Bowie
Album: David Bowie

She'd walk through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the houseShe played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her backAnd never took her outShe wore a trenchcoat khakiHer hobnail boots were full of holes

She's got medals

Her mother called her Mary, but she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one, ohShe went and joined the army, passed the medicalDon't ask me how it's doneThey sent her to the front lineFighting for her country's name

She's got medals

She got very tired of picking up girlsCleaning her gun and shaving her curlsThen the enemy dropped a bombSurvivors there were none

People say that when the moon is full and all the stars have gone to bedYou can see her ghost but that's a lie because the naughty woman isn't deadShe deserted on the previous morningReplaced her uniform with dresses silk and greenCalled herself EileenCame to London townNow she's settled down